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Ministry of Agrarian Policy lowered grains export potential to 3 mn MT
24.09.2007 11:53 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ministry of Agrarian Policy has declined Ukrainian 2007/08 MY grains export potential to 3 mn MT, down against previously forecasted 4 mn MT, reported Ministry press-service referring to Minister of Agrarian Policy Yuriy Melnyk. As to Ministry, 3 mn MT export potential results from 2007/08 MY country grains claims/liabilities balance. As to press-service, Ministry estimates 2007/08 MY Ukrainian grains offer 34 mn MT (with transitional reserves taken into account). Ministry says 7.1 mn MT grains are necessary for population food consumption, 13.6 mn MT – for stockbreeding needs, 3 mn MT – for technical processing and 3 mn MT – for export. These calculations assure 5.7 mn MT transitional reserves. As to Agro Perspective earlier report, Anatoliy Kinakh, Minister of Economics, had estimated Ukrainian 2007/08 MY grains export potential as much as 4-5 mn MT. Earlier, Ministry of Agrarian Policy had forecasted 2007 crop grains export decline, – from 9.6 mn MT down to 4 mn MT. 2006/07 MY grains export totaled 9,619,043 MT, down 3,680.814 MT against 2005/06 ÌY.
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